Niko Bellic

Niko Bellic (1978-) was a Serbian-American criminal who worked as a hitman-for-hire for criminal organizations such as the American Mafia, the Russian Mafia, the Jamaican Hillside Posse, the CIA, and the Irish Mob, among others. Bellic, who had been involved with human trafficking back in the Balkans, became the most powerful criminal in New York City and northern New Jersey in 2008, as he took down crime bosses such as Mikhail Faustin, Dimitri Rascalov, James Pegorino, Playboy X, and Manny Escuela when they betrayed him or his allies

Biography
Niko Bellic was born in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia to a family of Serbs. His father was an abusive alcoholic, and he often spent time with his mother, Milica, and his cousin, Roman Bellic. Bellic was forced to fight in the Yugoslav People's Army as a child soldier during the Bosnian War, and his brother was killed by Bosnian and Herzegovinian troops during the war.